| Study |
Outcome |
| Apatzidou 2004 |
Visual analogue scale (0 ‐ 10) of pain, percentage of patients taking analgesics, number of analgesics, body temperature (axilla) all recorded after 24 and 48 hours. Occurence of labial herpes or oral ulcers recorded after 2 weeks |
| Del Peloso 2008 |
Body temperature (axilla), visual analogue scale (0 ‐ 10) of pain, reports of analgesics, reports of oral ulcerations or other adverse effects |
| Jervøe‐Storm 2006 |
Not reported |
| Knöfler 2007 |
Not reported |
| Koshy 2005 |
Visual analogue scale (1 ‐ 10) of pain, number of painkillers, body temperature (axilla) all recorded after treatment same day and next day |
| Mongardini 1999 |
Visual analogue scale of pain on a 10 cm scale, number of analgesics, body temperature (axilla) all recorded same and next day. Occurence of labial herpes or oral ulcers recorded during the first week |
| Quirynen 2006 |
Not reported |
| Swierkot 2009 |
Adverse events or side effects (none reported) |
| Vandekerckhove 1996 |
Questionnaire of pain, number of analgesics, body temperature all recorded after the first session of treatment. Occurence of labial herpes |
| Wennström 2005 |
Overall degree of treatment discomfort on a 100 mm visual analogue scale |
| Zanatta 2006 |
Not reported |
| Zijnge 2010 |
Adverse events or severe side effects (none reported) |
